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Thursday, November 12, 2009
UNL online learning distance ed continues to grow - Katie Steiner, NewsNetNebraska
A century ago, distance education consisted of schoolwork being sent hundreds of miles away through the regular mail, taking days to arrive. Today, with the advent of the Internet, students from around the world can connect with universities and colleges. And it sure looks like they are taking advantage of it: Online learning is the fastest growing segment of education, with 3.5 million adults taking an online course or completing their degrees entirely online, according to the United States Distance Learning Association. At last week's Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning, it was reported that more than 25 percent of all college and university students may have taken at least one online class this year, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. That percentage may be even higher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which is celebrating 100 years of providing distance education Nov. 9-13.
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